Deeper in the Word at the Fernández residence:

We had a very encouraging first meeting last Sunday! I think we all
felt the Holy Spirit leading us in the direction of a dedicated study
of 1 John. So for anyone interested in joining up, here is what was
decided:

All the members of our group have agreed to read all five chapters of
1 John every day (starting yesterday, when we read all five chapters
corporately) until the last day of our summer session, which will be
five Sundays from yesterday. Our goal is to cover one chapter a week,
and by the time we meet on our last Sunday, we will have each read
this book at least 37 times. That means that if you put all of our
readings together for a corporate count, our group will have read the
book 333 times! And that is only counting the adults that were
present last Sunday! So I am hoping the actual count will be higher
than that by the end of summer.

Our goal is to make every effort to keep all of our members part of
this small body by adjusting our schedule as needed. A couple of
families needed to be free this coming Sunday, so we decided to make
our next meeting at 6:30 this Saturday the 23d. So anyone interested
in coming to this Home of Hope should plan on joining us then. Every
other meeting should be as usual, at 1:30 Sunday afternoons.

To be clear: If you want to join this group, we would love to have
you! And here's what you can do to plug right in:

Please come this next session on Saturday at 6:30;
Start reading the entire book of 1 John every day;
Take notes and prepare to discuss the first chapter next time we meet.

To those who were here, I thank you so much for listening to my
introduction from I Corinthians 12, and then showing so willingly how
a body is supposed to act under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to
build one another up in Christ! I cannot tell you how blessed I was
and how much I am looking forward to learning from the Word with you!

See you next week, Lord willing. Happy reading!

José F.